Consent

How can entire religions be built around trying to keep me from raising my voice and making sure I keep my legs closed,

Consent
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How can entire religions
be built around
trying to keep me
from raising my voice
and making sure
I keep my legs closed,

and yet,
not one of them
focus on
making villains out of
a man
(be it my father,
brother
or husband)
who touches me
without my
consent?


Author’s Note: If you like what I write, you might enjoy some of my best poems which are curated in my book: Stolen Reflections: Some Stories Are Told in Verse. Please do leave a review if you enjoyed the book.

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